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Japanese Beetle Quarantine and to the exclusion of Christmas trees. A conference 
was also held to discuss the question of what action should be taken in regard to 
future shipments of grapes from Spain because of the danger of introducing the 
Mediterranean Fruit Fly. 
The following entomologists attended the hearing: Geo. G. Becker, Chief 
Inspector, State Plant Board, Little Rock, Ark.; Henry Bird, Consulting Ento¬ 
mologist, Rye, N. Y.; A. F. Burgess, Bureau of Entomology, Curtis P. Clausen, 
Bureau of Entomology; E. N. Cory, State Entomologist, College Park, Md.; 
S. B. Fracker, State Entomologist, Madison, Wis.; Arthur Gibson, Dominion 
Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada; C. P. Gillette, State 
Entomologist, Fort Collins, Colo.; P. A. Glenn, Chief Plant Inspector, Urbana, 
Ill.; C. H. Hadley, Director, Bureau of Plant Industry, Harrisburg, Pa.; C. C. 
Hamilton, Associate Entomologist, College Park, Md.; Thomas J. Headlee, State 
Entomologist, New Brunswick, N. J.: D. L. King, Bureau of Entomology; S. J. 
Hunter, Head, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.; 
M. D. Leonard, State Entomologist, Albany, N. Y.; H. L. McIntyre, Supervisor 
Gipsy Moth Work, Conservation Commission, Albany, N. Y.; L. S. McLaine, Chief, 
Division Foreign Pests Suppression, Department, of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada; 
Wilmon Newell, Plant Commissioner, Gainesville, Fla.; A. L. Quaintance, Bureau 
of Entomology; E. R. Sasscer, Federal Horticultural Board; L. B. Smith, Ento¬ 
mologist in Charge, Japanese Beetle Project, Riverton, N. J.; C. W. Stockwell, 
Plant Quarantine Inspector, Riverton, N. J.; Frank N. Wallace, State Entomologist, 
Indianapolis, Ind.; and W. B. Wood, Federal Horticultural Board. 
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace has authorized, as a protective measure, the 
prohibition of the further entry of Malaga (Almeria) grapes on account of the 
danger from infestation with Mediterranean fruit fly. 
Notes on Apiculture 
The American Honey Producers’ League will meet in Chicago on January 24th 
to 25th. 
Dr. E. F. Phillips is to take part in a two day educational meeting for beekeepers 
at Carbondale, Illinois, February 20th and 21st. 
Mr. James I. Hambleton and Dr. E. F. Phillips attended a meeting of the Maryland 
State Beekeepers’ Association in Baltimore on January 9th. 
Prof. C. L. Fluke, Professor in Entomology, University of Wisconsin, was a recent 
visitor at the Bee Culture Laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology. 
Purdue University is planning a short course in beekeeping to be given February 
11th to 14th at Lafayette, Indiana, under the direction of Prof. J. J. Davis. 
Dr. E. F. Phillips of the Bureau of Entomology attended a series of meetings of 
beekeepers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and 
Illinois in November. 
A circuit of State Beekeepers’ Association meetings, at which Mr. James I. Hamble¬ 
ton is to speak, is scheduled beginning January 12th for Richmond, Virginia, Morgan¬ 
town, West Virginia, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 
The University of Illinois is planning two short courses in beekeeping, one at 
Urbana, January 23rd to 25th, and the second at Carbondale, February 20th and 
21st. These courses are planned by Prof. Wallace Park of the University. 
